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Kamala Harris Just Never Got Serious Enough

Jack Kurtz/ZUMA As a proud employee of a 501(c)3, I have to be a little careful about expressing my personal support for political candidates. But now that Kamala Harris is out, I can say a bit more about her. Initially, I was tentatively in her camp. I’ve seen her in Senate hearings and she’s very…

California Republican Pleads Guilty to Misusing Campaign Funds

Gregory Bull/AP After claiming for a year that he was the victim of a political “witch hunt” by federal prosecutors as part of a “deep state” conspiracy, disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of misusing campaign funds for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and congressional aides, family vacations, his children’s private school tuition,…

Kamala Harris Made History. Then Her History Caught Up With Her.

Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Kamala Harris is out. The junior senator from California suspended her bid for the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday afternoon. The announcement capped off a historic campaign that started with a bang and quickly devolved into a sputtering operation torn between two coasts and warring staffers, according to damning reports from Politico…